Impacts of Alcohol Use on the Cerebrum

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6-Psychosis

A high level of alcohol addiction can cause psychosis. A severe mental illness causes hallucinations, paranoia, and delusions. On the other hand, when the person suddenly stops drinking alcohol, they may suffer the so-called "DTs" or alcohol withdrawal syndrome, which includes a headache, agitation, severe tremors, nausea and vomiting, significant sweating, drowsiness, cramps and even hallucinations. It occurs due to habituation has happened in the brain of the alcoholic. When a person leave the alcohol, over-stimulation it occurs by studying the adrenergic system in autonomic excitability and psychomotor agitation.

7-Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

Approximately 80% of alcoholics have a thiamine deficiency, and some of that percentage develop the so-called Wernicke-Korsakoff. This is a disease in which two conditions occur together i.e. Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome and different conditions that are caused due to brain damage inflicted by the lack of vitamin B (thiamine). Wernicke encephalopathy is created by hurtful changes in the mind, for the most part because of an absence of vitamin B-1 (thiamine).

Its symptoms are:

Abnormal eye movements

Loss of muscle coordination

Confusion

Loss of mental activity

Abstinence syndrome

Syndrome or Korsakoff's psychosis tends to develop as Wernicke's symptoms disappears.

Its symptoms are:

Collusion: invent stories

Hallucinations: seeing or hearing things that are not there

Symptoms of Korsakoff's syndrome

Failure to frame new recollections

Memory loss

The cultural influence

Some facts have also attracted the attention of researchers. Some people are regular users of alcohol and violent behavior not recorded, practically under any circumstances. From this observation, a new hypothesis in which the violence caused by alcohol consumption does not depend on changes in the brain, but the cultural influence emerged. There are environments where whoever drinks are expected to develop violent behavior. Who are part of those circles then they respond to that expectation? This hypothesis was confirmed in new experiments that were administered simulated alcohol (not contained alcohol, but tasted liquor) to several participants. These became more violent, although there was no biochemical reason to change their behavior.

It seems that there is a strong association between masculinity and alcohol. Who has a thought structure involving the authoritarian values of machismo cultures, adopting certain behavior patterns that include alcohol and learned behaviors that arise from their consumption? The studies conclude that violent behavior is present before use of alcohol. Apparently, what this substance is to facilitate the expression of these destructive impulses. To this expectation that some people, in one way or another, exculpate the perpetrator of the acts committed ads. In that sense, alcohol is an excuse not to take responsibility for the damage inflicted on others. Therefore, what alcohol does is give vent to expressions of a personality disorder or an emotional or mental disorder and, in turn, increases it.

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